Talk:1952 Winter Olympics medal table

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The US flag used on this page is invalid. In 1952, the US flag had 48 stars. RickK 20:25, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

Problem with country names[edit]

According to the official medal count for this year on olympic.org, the two German NOCs that played in the games were FRG (West Germany) and GER (Germany). In our ranking table, we called them East and West Germany.

I'm confused. King nothing 2 11:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused by the IOC page too. All the references I've seen show GER only for the pre-WWII games and 1992 onwards. From 1956-64 (both summer & winter, 6 games total) they competed as EUA (United Team of Germany). For 1968-88, they competed as FRG and GDR. In 1948, they were not invited. That leaves 1952 as unclear, and the IOC results tables show GER at the summer and both GER and FRG at the winter games, which doesn't make sense to me. The Wikipedia page for the EUA team says that only West Germany competed in the 1952 summer games but both teams went to the 1952 winter games. I would have expected FRG & GDR for those instances. I will look for other references. Andrwsc 00:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
According to the official report from the Oslo olympics [1], as well as a book I have and the German Wikipedia, there was only one German team at the Oslo olympics. I think this is probably the case. Moszczynski 03:41, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion about German teams[edit]

Well, this is quite interesting -- and somewhat confusing! I read the Oslo report and it is clearly just a single "Germany". In that report, the medal winners listed for Germany are:

  • Gold
    • Ria Falk & Paul Falk — Figure skating pairs
    • Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl — Bobsleigh two-man
    • Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, Franz Kemser — Bobsleigh four-man
  • Silver
    • Annemarie Buchner — Women's downhill
    • Ossi Reichert — Women's slalom
  • Bronze
    • Annemarie Buchner — Women's giant slalom
    • Annemarie Buchner — Women's slalom

However, the IOC website (medal count here) shows two German teams. They attribute the two bobsleigh gold to teams from "FRG", but the remaining medals are attributed to "GER". I'm not sure how we should reconcile this on Wikipedia -- suggestions anyone?? Andrwsc 23:59, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's been several months with no discussion, so I'm going to make some changes. I find no evidence that East Germany competed at these Games, and that all medals should be attributed to West Germany. I can't explain why the IOC database splits them into "FRG" for the bobsliegh events and "GER" for the rest. I think the most logical conclusion is to use "FRG" for all, as I think "GER" should only refer to the times when the nation was unified. Andrwsc 22:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In contrary, "GER" is to be used. The current state of the IOC database, attributing two medals for FRG, is nonsensical. There was only one team, representing Germany.-- Matthead discuß!     O       20:11, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't start making changes without some further discussion here, or better, at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Olympics. Thanks, Andrwsc 20:47, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Medal image[edit]

I've just found this image of Dick Button's gold medal which could be used as lead image, similarly with other lists. Parutakupiu (talk) 20:41, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this was in the article at one point but a concern was raised that it may be a copyrighted work of art. In an abundance of caution I removed it as I was prepping it for FAC. The concern was in passing and not fully investigated. If it is not correct I'm more than willing to add it back in there and here. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 20:45, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
When 1976 Winter Olympics medal table was under FLC, I was faced with the same question. I took the issue to Wikipedia:Media copyright questions and they told me that most likely there would be no problem with copyright on the medal image. This was for that medal, can't be that sure for this one. But you could ask them specifically for this one. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:30, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It seems as though the images on both medals are similar and I think what we're really looking at is the image of the rings. It seems worthwhile to take it to the copyright questions page, so I'll give it a go. I would love to add the image. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 21:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Any news on this? Parutakupiu (talk) 16:04, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Boldface in lead?[edit]

(Should've left my FLC comment section opened...) According to WP:BOLDTITLE, boldface should only be used in the lead, if the article/list title is stated verbatim. This does not happen here (1952 Winter Olympics or VI Olympic Winter Games is not 1952 Winter Olympics medal table) so I think this format should be removed and "1952 Winter Olympics" could be linked. Parutakupiu (talk) 19:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. Linked and de-bolded the first; changed the second to italics. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 02:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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